VOLUME 15
McCONNELLSBURG, PA., SEPTEMBER 2,1915.
NUMBER 40
THE GRIM REAPER.
Jiort Sketches of the Lives of Per
sons Who Hare Recently
Passed Away.
David Hill.
David Hill, aged 47 years, 4
honths, and 10 days, died at his
home in Belfast township at Lan
arly hour on Wednesday morn-
tag of last week. The funeral
Ijok place Thursday and inter
ient was made in the cemetery
t Antioch.
Mr. Hill was a farmer, and on
fuesday afternoon was getting
ready to make a trip to Hancock
kith a load of produce the next
horning. Intending to' drive
hree horses to the wagon, he
fenq nliservfid hv his wife to have
hammer in his hand placing an
ripen iui& iu mc cnu ui. luc wtiK-
fcn tongue. In attempting to use
tthe hammer, it dropped from his
hand. He picked it up and at
tempted to use it again, when it
gain dropped. This was repeat-
y the third time, when Mr. Hill
ank to the ground. His wife
fearing something was wrong
hastened to him, when he looked t
p and said, "I believe I have!
;,ad a stroke." He then sank in
to unconsciousness, did not re
gain it, and died about two o,
clock the next morning. Several
years ago he was married to Jen
nie, daughter of the late Benja
min Garland, who survives, to
gether with two children Alta
nd Mamie. Mr. Hill was a good
citizen industrious and well-to-do,
and will' be missed in his
neighborhood.
George C. Fraker.
George C. Fraker, one of Dub
in township's leading citizens
died at his home at Fort Little
ton on Tuesday morning, August
X 1015, aged 47 years and 4
Jays. The funeral took place the
'ollowmg Sunday, and interment
vas made in the cemetery at
Tort Littleton. The services
vere conducted in the Methodist
episcopal Church by Rev. W. M.
Cline and Rev. A. S. Luring, the
former preaching the sermon.
The attendance at the funeral
vas said to be the largest within
the history of the community.
Mr. Fraker was a successful
lumberman, and about ten days
before his death he was at Three
Springs assisting in the loading
of lumber for shipment, and got
very wet. From this he contrac
ted a heavy cold which was fol
lowed by an abscess, which led
to blood poisoning.
George C. Fraker was a' son of
Dyson and Sarah Cromer Fraker
and was born August 22, 18G8.
lie was married to Miss Alice
prth, who survives, together
frith the following children name
Helen, Harry, Robert, Carl,
)lax, Marguerite, -and Richard.
The deceased was a consistent
Member of the M. E. church and
useful and highly respected cit-
enjoying the confidence of
wide circle of acquaintances,
e was a director in the McCon-
dlsburg and Fort Loudon Rail-
?J1V nuiinn- o Vi n r rl n rv f foifVi in
fe possibilities of the proposi
)n, and his death causes a va-
ncy not easily filled.
C. Wilson Peck.
After an illness of ten months
Ned by Bright's Disease, C.
ilson Peck died at his home
McConnellsburg at 11:30 a. m.,
nday, August 30, 1915, aged
years and 25 days. The fun-
pl took place at his late home
P East MflrWf-. Rtrpf t at 1 o'clock.
Wednesday afternoon, and inter
.Ht was made in Union ceme-
I he deceased was a son of
praham and Rachel Hart Peck,
?n was born in Belfast town
'niPi this county on the farm
f w owned by William McEl-
,'owney.
! On the, 19th day of September
(le L. Boyle, of Philadelphia, who
lrVlVes. tnerot-hpr with two r.hil
en. Ruth Virginia and Robert
'imer. Mr. Peck was a consist-
REMARKABLE POTATO YIELD.
Seed From Fulton County Surprises
Ohio Farmers With Its Won- .
derful Increase.
In a letter from Mrs. James
Funk, R. R. 7, Tiffin, Ohio, she
tells a wonderful story of her ex
perience with Fulton county seed
potatoes. She sent a number of
references to prove her story;
but her own statement is suffi
cient. Part of the letter follows:
"During August 1914, I visited
in the home of Thomas H. Truax
in Thompson township, and when
I left for my home in Ohio, Mrs.
Truax gave me four common-sized
white potatoes, the name of
which she had forgotten. I car
ried the potatoes home in a 2
pound pr ke. During last winter
one of thorn f.ted, leaving me
three to plane On the 23rd of
August, 1915, I dug the potatoes
and to my surprise I had 71 lbs
of nice tubers nearly five pecks
by weight.
"Owing to wet weather, the
pickle and melon crops have been
badly damaged. Some unthresh
ed wheat and oats were spoiled
in the same manner. In addi
tion to your Ohio crop report
from Ohio on August 19th, Frank
Mellott had 1525 bu of wheat and
James Funk had 1390 bushels off
of 38 acres. We had 1031 bushel
making a total yield of 394G bu.
for the three adjoining farms.
Our eastern friends will see by
this that Seneca county is fur
nishing its share of wheat this
season. Can you beat it?"
Rev. Lee Anna Starr, D. D.
On account of the sickness of
the pastor, Rev. J. L. Yearick,
Rev. Lee Anna Starr, D, D. pas
tor of the Mothodist Protestant
church of Canton, 111., preached
in his stead in the Presbyterian
church last Sabbath morning.
In the evening, in the same
church, she wa3 the speaker at a
union service. Her topic was
Darkest. America." Dr. Starr
ia a forceful speaker, and drew
word pictures of National sins,
which, if not checked, will lead
to the inevitable results recorded
by history, namely, the actual
rending of nations that cause the
people to commit abomination in
the sight of God. All proud, op
pressive, and voluptuous nations
have fallen in accordance with
God's promise to His people that
He will eventually rule the earth
in righteousness. Who knows
if the nations of Europe are de
stroying each other in fulfil
ment of this promise? Will
America suffer too? God works
at all times through the passions
and instrumentalities of men.
Whether they be good, or bad,
become instruments for their own
destruction, or, their salvation.
ent member of theBaptist church,
holding his membership in the
Memorial Baptist church, Broad
and Master Sts., Philadelphia.
William Miller.
As a result of a stroke of paraly
sis more than two weeks ago,
Wm. Miller, one of Taylor town
ship's most highly esteemed citi
zens, died at his home about two
o'clock last Sunday morning in
the 77th year of his age. The
funeral services were held yes
terday in the M. E. church at
Center, and interment was made
in the cemetery at that place.
For many years Mr. Miller was a
member of the Methodist Episco
pal church, and was greatly in
terested in everything that tend
ed to the uplift and education of
the rising generation. For many
years he was kept on the school
board by his fellow citizens, and
no man enjoyed the confidence
and esteem of his fellows to a
higher degree than the deceased.
Mr. Miller was married to Miss
Mary Catherine Berkstresserand
to this union were born ten chil
dren, eight of whom are living,
namely, John, in Los Angeles,
Calif.; Jacob. Bellwood, Pa.;
Jesse, Dublin Mills: Jere, Chica
go; Richard, Woostcr, O.; Brint
Dublin Mills; Mary wife of John
L. Wright, Dublin Mills, and
Miss Lillian, at home,
A MAN-0'-WAR.
Points in General About the Construe
tion and Parts of Uncle Sam's
Sea Fighters.
The following from Samuel W.
Peck in the Radio-Electrical De
partment on the U. S. S. Ver
mont, gives a glimpse of what
a dread naught or feuper-dread-naught
is like;
"What with Haiti and Mexico
threatening on the south and the
warcloud of Europe driving in
from the east, the question of
national preparedness has been
often discussed by thinking folks
everywhere. So it has occurred
to me that a little talk on the
men-o' war who patrol our coast
and stand in readiness for every
emergency would not be out of
order.
"It i3 a far cry from the wood
en frigates of 1812 to the won
derfully complex machine of ail
steel and brass, the superdread
naught of today, when the great
new battleship Arizona was
launched recently, she marked
the highest point in naval enn
struction which any nation in the
world had attained. And at this
moment there are others under
construction, her sister ships
which equal her in every detail.
"One is very much impressed
with his first view of a man-o'-war.
Her slate-colored sides
bristle with guns guns on her
upper decks guns at her bow and
stern, big guns, little guns and
middle-sized guns. Her masts
loom up, two hundred feet high,
and made of interwoven steel
tubes, basket-like in order that
the enemy's shells may not easi
ly cut them down. For it i3 in
the tops of these masts that all
ranges are found and the intri
cate problems of battle ere work
ed out. And there are giar.t
cranes, too motor-driven, which
are used to hoist out and in the
ship's boats and to bring aboard
the heavy sacks filled with coal
when 'all hands coal ship.' And
the stacks, three of them, and
any one big enough to leai your
family Dobbin through.
"Visitors tell me that when
they come aboard, the thing
which impresses them most is
the clean whiteness of the decks
and the paintwork between decks.
We are used to that, of course,
and lie about anywhere with per
fect freedom. One of the iron
laws of the service i3 "Clean and
keep clean," for the men who
seek for efficiency know that
cleanline33 means health and at
tention to duty.
"There are four upper decks
on a man-o'-war, besides a num
ber of others below the water
line and not quite so roomy. The
outer deck, or "top side" as it is
called, is laid with heavy pine
strips the cracks between which
are caulked with oakum and
pitch.' All lower decks are of
steel alone, and are laid with
heavy linoleum which is torn up
in time of battle. Ladders cf
steel--everything is of steel lead
from one deck to another and are
so steep that one needs quite a
little practice before being care
less of accident. Each door is
edged with rubber flanges and a
device for closing it automatical
ly connects with the bridge so
that any part of the ship may be
cut elf from the rest by merely
pushing a button. The two up
per decks are used for sleeping
and ' eating and are the living
quarters of tha crew. The of
ficers have quarters aft, in a
separate part of the ship.
"Perhaps the engine and dy
namo rooms are the most inter
esting parts of the. ship. No
visitors is allowed in them, how
ever. There is too much com
plicated machinery of interest to
unauthorized persons to permit
their admission there.
"To be below among sweating
firemen and busy oilers with tur
bines roaring all about and "Full
speed ahead" the command, ii
to be lastingly impressed with
the genius of man, who step by
Btep, through the march of cen-
Reccnt Weddings.
Foster Hess.
At noon Wednesday Aug, 25th
Mr. Harrison Foster of Six Mile
Run and Miss Hazel Hess of Dub
lin Mills were quietly married at
the home of the bride's parents
Mr. and Mrs. Ed Black by Rev.
Asper.
Only a few of the bride's im
mediate friends witnessed the
ceremony which was very im
pressive. Mr. Foster is a miner-a well
to do fellow and Miss Hess was
a fine young woman who has
been employed in Blair stationery
and book binding establishment
at Huntingdon.
They will take up housekeep
ing soon near Mr. Fosters' home.
We congratulate them and wish
them a happy journey over life's
sea.
Glazier Sheets.
Card9 have been received by
relatives in this place announcing
the marriage of Miss Mildred
Sheets, daughter of ex-Sheriff
and Mrs. Daniel Sheets near Mer
cersburg, to Mr. Charles Glazier,
residing in the same community.
The marriage took place at the
home of Mrs. Catherine Brown,
a cousin of the bride, at Clinton,
Iowa, on Wednesday, August 11.
The young couple then went to
Inland, Nebraska, to visit in the
home of William Sheets, an un
cle of the bride.
WlGFIELD KEEFER.
On Saturday, August 21st, Mr.
Gilbert Wigfield, of Halfway.Md.,
and Miss Leila M. Keefer, daugh
ter of Ex-County Commissioner
Emanuel Keefer, of Thompson
township, were quietly married
in Hagerstown by Rev. E. K.
Thomas, pastor of the First Bap
tist Church of that place. After
a short honeymoon they will re
side at Halfway where the groom
ha3 employment
Ik Enjoyed Milking.
George Reisner Jr. returned
home last Saturday after having
spent six weeks on a dairy farm
five miles south of West Chester.
George is studying agriculture at
Penn State, and he took advan
tage of the opportunity to prac
tice some of the things, taught
there by going to the farm, roll
ing up his sleeves and learning
at first hands, (or hoofs) of the
secrets of coaxing Brindle to give
good cream. He thinks life on
a farm "the thing." Some time
in September, George will return
to Penn State to renew his stu
dies. Mad Eye Removed.
Robert W. Mellott, who was in
jured by a premature explosion
of dynamite on the 13th of Aug
ust, submitted to a surgical oper
ation in the Chambersburg Hos
pital on the 19th in which the left
eye was removed. Mr Mellott is
getting along nicely and will re
turn home soon. His wife and son
Quay went t o Chambersburg
when the operation took place.
His son Jacob w ho was assisting
in the blasting out of an old pear
tree when the accident occurred
was not hurt.
Sucessful Pastor.
The fourth quarterly confer
enceof theOakwoodM. E.Church
Columbus, O., by a unanimous
vote requested the return of the
present pastor, Rev. W. C. L.
Correll, D. D., for next year. It
was reported that all the inter
ests of this growing chiu-ch were
in a prosperous condition. About
$7,000.00 has been paid on the
indebtedness this year, with a
large increase in the amount paid
to the various benevolent objects.
This gentleman is none other
than our old friend Will Correll
of Belfast township.
turies, has given over his stone
hammer and gnarled club for
these far more effective instru
ments of protection and defence
against his foes."
AL'CLST HONOR ROLL.
Look Over the List and See Whether
We Have Ycu Properly Chalked
I'p. Look Carefully.
Notwithstanding the showery
weather and the persistence with
which the Germans are crowding
in on the Russians, a very credit
able number of our subscribers
did not forget that we need mon
ey in August just as in every oth
er month. Below we print their
names, and THANX every one
of them for his or her hot weath
er contribution.
Mrs. Eelva Akors 3 11 1G
Miss Bertie Andrews 8 9 15
Mr3. A. Burkett 5 15 15
James M. Booth 8 7 10
Miss Mary C. Baker 5 5 16
W. E. Bair 8 6 15
Miss Blanche Barton 3 1 1G
J. D. Brinkley 9 1 1G
Rev. W. M. Cline 5 6 17
J. II. Craig 9 2 1G
Geo. A. Charlton 8 2G 16
Stella Clower 8 2G 16
Jacob Clouser 7 20 16
Mrs. Rebeccr Deshopg 7 1 16
Riley Deshong 10 2 1G
M. Denisar 8 2!) 16
Geo. Everhart 11 9 15
Chas. J. Edwards 7 2 17
Leroy B. Edwards 11 26 15
Cha3. J. Eagan 3 21 1G
Mrs. O. F. Elvey 5 4 16
George F. Felton 7 1 16
B. S. Fleming 8 22 16
Chas. Glunt G 1 17
I. W. Garland 730 16
D. A. Gillis 12 25 15
Harrison Hoover 1 1 17
C. R. Hixson 4 11 16
Porter Hann 7 1 17
Sheridan Hann G 1 16
Miss Mary J. Johnston 9 20 1G
L. B. Kline 1 18 16
William Kelner 1 21 16
Mrs. John Klotz 8 26 16
C. H. Keefer 8 2 16
H. H. Leonard ' 9 1 16
Ethel Logue 8 12 16
Miss Luemma Laidig 9 1 16
Mrs. W. II. Mills 2 12 16
Miss Jessie Mellott 9 10 16
W. M. Mellott 4 10 15
Miss Amy Myers 2 9 16
James M." Powell 8 26 16
J. P. Peck 9 21 15
Mis3 Ella Pittman 9 21 16
Mrs. John II. Peck 2 5 1G
Mrs. Geo. W. Parson3 8 6 14
M. E. Rosenberry 5 29 16
Hays Richards 8 12 16
Jacob Runion 8 7 16
Mrs. Wilmer C. Rupe 1 1 16
W. B. Ranck 9 21 16
W. M. Robinson 7 1 17
John Z. Sipes
Geo. W. Summers
D. R. Strait
Mrs. B. E. Stevens
C. II. Sipes
William Sigel
W. II. Staley
John R. Tayman
Samuel W. Truax
John II. Wible
5 716
812 16
9116
8 20 16
812 17
8 26 15
1116
9 2 16
5 29 15
3 24 16
The Reunion.
Notwithstanding the cold,
threatening weather, a very large
crowd assembled in Hoops Grove
last Friday. Mr. R. R. Hann
made an address of welcome and
Rev.Henry Wolf made a stirring
speech on the European War.
Several speakers from a distance,
including- ex-Congressman J. E.
Thropp, candidate McSherry, and
others, made addresses. The
McConnellsburg and Oak Grove
Bands furnished lots of good mu
sic. Everything went smoothly.
Only a few were disappointed,
and they were the half-dozen
ruffians who annually attend this
gathering as a free exhibit of de
pravity. The presence of two"
determined State Troopers cowed
them into keeping quiet
The reunion of the other branch
of the Association that had an
nounced a meeting for the fol
lowing day at Fort Littleton did
not take place, owing to stormy
weather.
At the Hoops Grove reunion,
the Necdmore and Harrisonville
Base Ball Teams played a game
with the following score:
Harrisonville, 001013 3-8
Needmore, 0 1 2 3 0 1 310
Sub3Cribo lor the Np.wp,
LETTER FROM DEVILS LAKE.
Miss Lillian Fleming Sends Report
from the Grain lields of
North Dakota.
August 21: There are no idle
men in the Lake Regions this
week. A wonderful swath is be
ing made through the grain fields
Of all seasons of the year, this is
the time when there is no stand
ing room for idleness in North
Dakota. The great fields of bar
ley must be cut , and saved for
feed. Oats came in at the same
time, with wheat to follow im
mediately. Indications are that
this year's crop in this section
has never been paralleled, and
the same conditions prevail for a
hundred miles northward into
Canada. Fiolda of fife and blue
stem wheat are particularly
heavy, the majority of the heads
being filled with five and six rows
of full sized kernels in place of
the short heads of four rows as
in former years. Many farmers
will ship their own grain direct,
Wages are good and help is plen
ty, but a shortage may occur at
the final rush. Eighteen to twen
ty-five bushels of wheat to the
acre, with about twenty-two as
an average, is, perhaps, a fair
report, although there are scores
of fields that will yield thirty-five
bushels to the acre. Nearly all
wheat will grade high this year,'
known a3 No. 1 Northern. The
earlier crops, such as barley, oats
and rye, are far above the aver
age in quantity and quality. No
rust has appeared, and the only
danger that could befall would
be hail that might catch some of
the grain in shock. James Sor
enson, near Lisbon, recently
threshed a field of oats that aver
aged forty bushels to the acre.
Report3 from South Dakota,
where harvesting is in full blast,
are, that crops, with few excep
tions, will be fine, even beyond
expectations. Reports from Jud
North Dakota, are that the re
cent warm days have ripened rap
idly, and that some rust, and a
blight of some kind have appear
ed and will likely do a little dam
age to late fields. The Experi
ment Farm at Edgely reports the
same experience with rust on its
crops; but they have not yet work
ed it out to ascertain the cause of
it
Hay is abundant. Alfalfa, clo
ver, timothy, broomgrass, and
native grass all promise excel
lent crops, with most of it now
in the mow or on stacks. Corn
i3 coming nicely, but will produce
little more than fodder feed, this
locality having been subject to
the conditions which prevailed
throughout the Upper Plains and
Middle West Rain is needed,
there having been but two show
ers during the past two weeks.
Miss Fleming end3 her letter
by sending best wishes for all
readers of the old home paper.
Judging from the subject matter
of this teacher's letters, she ia at
heart a farmer, and since farm
ing is the great and profitable in
dustry in which so many live
wire young men are engaged in
the "Land of the Dakotas," we
will keep ourselves prepared to
hear that well we won't say it
now.
Pick Your Trees.
As fall approaches, the News
has been accustomed to remind
its readers that it is a good time
to locate pretty trees in the wood
and some time this winter, when
the ground is not frozen too hard,
go out and carefully dig the trees
up, going after the main roots,
and plant them in the door yard,
or wherever wanted. Our rea
son for recommending winter
time for planting is that trees of
almost all kinds suffer less from
shock if transplanted while they
are "asleep" during the winter
months. Some wild trees will
die if planted while the sap is up.
Mrs. James Snyder, of Cham
bersburg, is visiting in the home
of her uncle, James W. Rumell.
INDIGESTION.
Little Talks on Health and Hygiene by
Samuel G. Dixon, M. D., LL D.,
Commissioner of Health.
There is no accounting for the
trouble that dyspeptics have
caused in this world. Every
school boy can quote you, "you,
Cassius, hath a lean and hungry
look," and this type has stalked
through history and fiction,
threatening the peace of individ
uals and nations.
It is not surprising that the
person who suffers from dyspep
sia should take apc?ri:nistic view
of life. One of the chief func
tions of the body, digestion, i3
amiss and three times a day the
sufferer is apt to be reminded of
the fact.
The manifestation of digestive
disturbances differ materially.
Often enough they are not recog
nized as such. In fact, in many
cases, the symptoms show them
selves elsewhere than in the di
gesthe organs. It may result in
headache, defective sight, heart
burn, dizziness or similar ways
which continually recur or vary
from time to time.
In the earlier stages, indiges
tion may only discover itself as a
general feeling of discomfort
The causes are numerous hasty
eating, the indulgence in ill chos
en foods, iced drinks, eating
when exhausted, or some func
tional disorder of one of the di
gestive organs.
Care as to the diet, sufficient
time for meals, regularity in eat
ing, and care about overloading
the stomach when tired, are
things which should be observed
by those who would avoid indi- f
gestion.
The causes of indigestion are
numerous and sometimes so seri
ous that the best medical skill
should be called in to determine
the source. The use of home
remedies and patent medicines if
depended upon, may consume
valuable time that should have
been devoted to more radical
treatment
They Sold Hay.
We recently heard of a district
somewhere not far away where
there wa3 a surplus of hay, and
the bottom dropped out of the lo
cal market. Fortunately, the
farmers were organized similarly
to the way the News has been
trying to teach. Their agent got
busy and soon found a district in
another state where hay was
scarce. The surplus hay was
shipped and sold at a profit of
$2,00 more than the growers had
been accustomed to get at home.
Let us suppose that each farmer
paid a tax of fifty cents toward
the expense of keeping a County
Agent; then if he sold five tons
of hay at $2 more than former
home prices, he cleared $9.50 on
an investment of fifty cents. If
he did as well on potatoes, beans
apples, and wool, he cleared $49.
50 on the fifty-cent venture. The
quantity of hay sold was 45,000
tons making a total profit to the
community of $90,000, or three
times as much as the Agent cost
them for a whola year, and if he
made sjmilar sale3 on but one
other article, he cleared, proba
bly, $150,000 for his people in
addition to other profits made in
buying fertilizer &c.
Went to Colorado.
' Another Fulton county lad has
"gone west." On Monday, Wil
mer Hays started for Buffalo
Creek, Colo., to join his brother
Albert in the cattle business. Al
bert doe3 a little farming, but he
is chiefly interested in stockrais
ing. In addition to his home sec
tion of G40 acres, Albert occupies
adjoining ranges that require the
attention of regular cowboys to
ride and care for stock, such a3
branding, rounding up herds and
cutting out his own cattle for
market We may expect to see
Wilmer's photo taken on horse
back with all the accouterments
of the denizen of the wild and
woolly west . .